Improvement in cultivators



J. RUE.

Cultivator.

No. 25,048. Patented Aug. 9,1859.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES RE, OF ENGLISHTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

IM PROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specifieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 25,648, dated August 9,1859.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES RUE, ofEnglishtown, in the county ot' Monmouth and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and Improved Oultivatorp; and l do hereby deelare thatthe following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being,r had to the accompanying dra\vings,forming apart ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a longiiudinalVertical section of a cultivator constructed according' to myimprovements. Fig'. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters in both views rel'er to corresponding parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation,

The plowshares A are attached to two separate beams, B, which divergefrom each other, forming an angle of about thirty degrees, as clearlyrepresented in Fig'. 2, and the shares are seeured to the beams by meansof screW- b'oltsa, and the shares join the beams by means of flanges Z),so that the same have a good and firm hold.

Firmly seeured to the beams B are the standards O 0/, which are unitedby cross-beams D D', and these cross-beams are thereby elevatedsufficiently, so as to pass over the growing crops. Attached to thecross-beams D D' are the handles E, which unite the two bars, and theposition of the forward standards, O, is strengthened by braces F.

The draftpole G is connected with the beams B by means of rods af, whichare hinged to the ends of the beams by means of hooks and eyes b', andthese rods connect with the draftpole by means of a bolt, o, whichpasses through loops c' in the upper ends of the rods, and through astaple, d, which is secnred to the draft-pole, so as to raise the bolt ca certain distance above the draft-pole, and the staple d is providedwith several holes, d', whereby the height of the draft-pole can beaccommodated to different draft-animals. The rear end of the draft-polerests on the cross-bar D, between two guide-rods, H, between which it isconfined .bya staple, f, leaving the same, however, a certain amount ofplay up and down, and a pin, g, serves to secure the rear end ot' thepole to the guide-rods H, if the cultivator is to be drawn l'rom placeto place.

The drat't-anima-ls are hitched to a bolt, h, which is secured to theunder` side ot' the draftpole, and which, consequently, is situated acertain distance below the bolt c, which connects the pole with thehing'ed rods a', and this bolt is secured to the pole by means of aplate, which is rigidly attaehed to a protuberance, j, at the under sideof the pole.

The operation is as follows: The draft-animals are hitched to the boltlt, and the front end of the pole is secured to a cross-bar resting onthe necks of the animals, and as long' as the rear end ot' the pole iscontined to the guide-rods H by the pin g the front ends of the shareswill be raised from the ground and the cultivator' can be drawn fromplace to place. In order to work with the same the pin g is withdrawn,and the strain exerted by the animals on the bolt h has a tendency todepress the rear end of the pole, and a pressure will therei'ore beexerted on the top of the beam D, whereby the shares are forced acertain distance into the ground, and this depth can be regulated byraising or lowering the bolt c, which connects the hinged rods a' withthe draft-pole, and its depth can be further increased by raising' theback end of the cultivator, so that the driver by raising the handlescan accommodate the depth to which the shares are to cut to theinequalities of the ground. By these means this cultivator is adapted todifferent sorts of work, such as hillin'g` corn or cotton, or forhilling or weeding root crops.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of the loose draft-pole G, bracket f, cultivator-frame BH, hinged rods a b', devices tj IL, bracket d, and pin c, all arrangedand Operating substantially in the manner and for the`purposes hereindescribed.

JAMES RUE.

W itnesses:

JOHN M. VooRHEEs, J AMEs H. DENISE.

